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- the invention relates to X-ray Detection, in particular using X-ray Diffraction of packaged products, such as pharmaceuticals.
- Pharmaceutical dosage forms typically include an active pharmaceutical ingredient (API), an excipient, and optional coatings.
- API may be crystalline, usually employed in delayed release drugs, or amorphous, often employed in faster release drugs.
- the drug can also be in the form of lyophilised amorphous powder, having a low density, such as vaccines.
- the dosage form may be solid, powder, granules, microtablets, liquid or gel.
- a pharmaceutical product includes one or more drug dosage forms inside packaging.
- packaging is blister packaging, but bottles, vials and other carriers are also possible.
- Blister material is usually aluminium or polymer, and for other packaging it may be polymers or glass.
- Such inner packaging is normally then contained inside outer packaging, for example a cardboard box, together with additional information.
- the drug content may be completely fake. This however is dangerous to the vendor as the absence of therapeutic results is frequently obvious to a purchaser. Such low end fakes are only likely therefore in an unregulated market with many small buyers and resellers or perhaps via internet sales.
- Low end fakes may include no relevant API, a substituted excipient, and a coating designed purely to be of the correct colour.
- the fake drugs may include some form of API, often a cheap substitute with some form of pharmaceutical effect.
- the crystallinity of the API may well not be correct, particularly when the real drug has an amorphous API.
- the excipient may be correct or substituted. Again, the coating will be chosen to reproduce the colour.
- Such intermediate level fakes will use realistic packaging and labelling, but may not be exact.
- High end fakes attempt to reproduce the dosage form as much as possible. For these fakes, much effort goes into exact reproduction of packaging and fake documentation. However, the dosage form itself is designed to withstand occasional checks and to produce some therapeutic effect. Thus, the API will normally be correct, possibly with the wrong crystallinity. High-end fakes are a particular problem for developed markets, such as the USA or Europe, in case they can be sold for very high prices and hence make a large profit for the criminal.
- the sample is prepared as a flat powder layer. This involves milling the drug and careful preloading to a flat surface for reflection geometry or between two transparent foils in transmission geometry, taking care of position and thickness.
- the sample is accurately aligned in the diffractometer within a beam path, and measurements and analysis are carried out.
- EDXRD systems have difficulties associated with them and in particular they are not well suited to determining the phase of components of the drug dosage forms.
- their angular resolution is limited relatively angle dispersive XRD systems as well as significantly higher background level. The difference is particularly strong for registration of large d-spacings (low 2 ⁇ range in angle dispersive XRD) usually used for characterization of pharmaceuticals. They are therefore not well suited to distinguishing relatively sophisticated fake drugs, such as intermediate level or high-end fakes, from genuine products. They can also be less capable in detecting amorphous materials, which may be used quite commonly in pharmaceutical dosage forms.
- X-ray optics with a convergent and/or parallel beam improves measurement in the case that the dosage form is not exactly aligned, in the case the beam penetrates through the thick part of tablet in transmission geometry and in the case of curved tablet surface in reflection geometry.
- the invention uses X-rays as a function of angle as the measured X-ray signature, i.e. angle-dispersive X-ray diffraction.
- the apparatus includes a controller for aligning at least one predetermined part of the dosage form with the measurement system for measurement.
- the choice of predetermined part for each pharmaceutical product may be stored in the data library together with data and the individual procedure for each type of product.
- XRD XRD provides direct fingerprint of complex properties of substance inside tablet while other counterfeit measures like RFID technology, coded labelling, bar codes are only addressing the additions to the drug product that is difficult to reproduce.
- FIG. 1 shows apparatus according to a first embodiment of the invention
- FIG. 2 shows a flow chart of a first embodiment of a method according to the invention
- FIG. 3 shows measurements taken during an alignment stage
- FIG. 4 shows measurements taken during an alignment stage for a different sample
- FIG. 5 illustrates a configuration for vertical alignment
- FIG. 6 illustrates results taken using the invention
- FIG. 7 illustrates X-ray powder diffraction results taken using the invention
- FIG. 8 illustrates small angle X-ray scattering results
- FIG. 9 illustrates a second embodiment of the invention.
- FIG. 10 illustrates measurement positions
- a measurement system and method according to a first embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 5 .
- a measurement system 2 includes an X-ray source 4 , an X-ray detector 6 , and X-ray optics 8 .
- the X-ray optics 6 are a beam conditioner producing a convergent X-ray beam.
- the X-ray source 4 and X-ray detector 6 are mounted on independent goniometer for relative motion about the central sample position.
- the X-ray optics 8 are mounted on the same goniometer as the X-ray source 4 .
- a beam stop 9 is used for some measurement configurations.
- the sample is intended to be a pharmaceutical product including a dosage form in packaging.
- a computer 16 is provided, with a computer program product 18 stored in memory 20 .
- the computer 16 acts as a controller to control the measurement system and X-ray table to carry out measurements.
- the computer program product acts to cause the computer 16 to carry out methods as set out in further detail below.
- the computer 16 also acts as comparison means for carrying out a comparison of the measured results.
- a data library 22 is provided, containing data regarding a number of pharmaceutical products.
- the data library 22 is shown separately, but may of course be included within computer 16 .
- the data includes X-ray signatures, as well as data giving optimal measurement positions on the dosage forms and procedural details.
- a sample 14 in the form of a blister pack containing a drug dosage form is held by the sample holder 12 on X-ray table 10 (step 30 ).
- preliminary x-y alignment takes place (step 32 ).
- the X-ray source 4 , X-ray optics 8 and X-ray detector are moved into a vertical alignment, i.e. a zero scattering angle position, and an X-ray beam is transmitted essentially vertically through the sample 14 .
- the X-ray table is moved in the x and y directions and the direct beam intensity measured as a function of position. Possible results are shown in FIG. 3 and FIG. 4 .
- FIG. 3 shows the results measured on a thin curved tablet transparent for x-rays
- FIG. 4 the results from a large tablet not transparent for x-rays in the central part.
- the X-ray table is then positioned for optimal measurement.
- the optimal position is the centre of the tablet.
- a region close to the edge is chosen.
- preliminary x-y orientation is obtained using an optical camera, which is particularly useful in the case of transparent blisters.
- the next step is to carry out the vertical alignment, i.e. in the z-direction (step 34 ).
- packaging is a blister package and the dosage form a tablet.
- a first approach is to obtain a model of the blister cavity and tablet shape, which may conveniently be stored in data library 22 , and use this to align the X-ray table correctly in the z direction.
- the force of gravity is assumed to be vertically down.
- An alternative approach is to move the X-ray source 4 , X-ray optics 8 and detector 6 to the position shown in FIG. 5 where both source 4 and detector 6 are in a direct line, but at an angle ⁇ to the vertical. Then, the table 12 is moved vertically (in the z-direction) and a similar measurement of absorption against position made as in the x-y alignment.
- the optimum alignment of the dosage form is then chosen, either the position of maximum absorption or the centre of the flat absorption.
- step 36 further adjustment is carried out if required.
- Absorption of x-rays entering a thin layer with thickness t (as coating or blister wall) under the incidence angle ⁇ is typically expressed as
- the optimal position of a tablet or other dosage form depends on the dosage form, and in particular the thickness of the dosage form.
- the optimal thickness for measurements in transmission geometry is normally given by ⁇ .t ⁇ 1, so exponent(m.t) ⁇ e, where e is the numeric constant (about 2.7), ⁇ the linear absorption coefficient and t the thickness.
- optimal measurement requires that 50% to 80% of X-rays are absorbed, and tablets thicker than 3 mm may well absorb more than this, depending on the material. Accordingly, for thicker tablets, the table 12 may be moved to the optimal position for a particular tablet, which may for larger tablets be away from the central position.
- the chosen specific location of the dosage forms for measurement takes into consideration a number of factors.
- the exact choice of alignment will depend on the pharmaceutical product and is recorded for each pharmaceutical product in library 22 . Some considerations for the best choice of alignment are as follows.
- the coating of the tablet may contain highly absorbing (versus organic) substances and the material of blister wall may be typically either polymer or metal (aluminium) with perhaps inclined walls making the beam path in the metal foil quite long and absorption significant.
- the dosage form is not fixed inside the packaging and generally its actual position is unknown.
- the alignment processes used ensures sufficient alignment for good angle-dispersive X-ray diffraction measurements.
- the alignment chosen for each pharmaceutical product takes account of the known absorption profile of the dosage form within the absorption profile of complete packaging perhaps containing strongly absorbing areas. This information may be used for alignment, for check of correct orientation (no tilts) and for measurement of dimensions.
- a further factor that is relevant for alignment is orientation of the dosage forms.
- the best orientation is through the shortest path through the sample as providing best possible resolution.
- the best orientation may be with the tablet flat and the X-rays essentially vertical.
- the cylinder should be horizontal and the X-rays vertically across the cylinder.
- the blister pack is mounted flat, it will not normally be possible to further adjust the orientation of the dosage form. Normally, a vertical alignment of X-ray source 4 and detector 6 will give the correct results, but in some cases the optimal orientation of X-ray beam will be obtained with a horizontal beam, or even some other angle.
- the blister pack may be mounted vertically so that the dosage form falls under gravity to rest on the edge of the blister cavity. In this way, the position of the dosage form may be more accurately known within the packaging which can improve the results.
- the movement to the optimal position requires prior knowledge of the pharmaceutical product to be tested. This will normally be the pharmaceutical product indicated on the product packaging.
- the pharmaceutical product may not be known.
- an iterative procedure may be adopted, by carrying out the following steps to get a first approximation to the identity of the sample, and then returning to step 36 to optimise the position to repeat the measurements at the optimal position.
- An alternative approach is to take measurements at multiple positions, and to determine the optimal one of the measurements by comparison with the X-ray signatures after taking the measurements.
- the embodiment thus includes alignment to align the tablet in the blister packaging with a predetermined alignment to make the signatures measured readily comparable to those stored in the library.
- step 38 measurement may take place. Note that the alignment and measurement steps 36 , 38 may be repeated to take multiple measurements, as indicated by the dotted arrows in FIG. 2 .
- Dosage forms are not in general flat, and have curved surfaces.
- a particular geometry is adopted. That geometry is a transmission geometry, using a convergent beam focused on the detector.
- angles 2 ⁇ will be used, up to 15-20°, or up to 40° when using Cu K ⁇ radiation.
- a convergent line geometry is used in which the optics 8 focus the beam on a line, in the plane of the paper as shown in FIG. 1 . This provides good resolution and sufficient speed.
- the beam size of the X-rays at the sample measured in the direction transverse to the X-beam can be made 0.2 mm or less, preferably 0.1 mm or less. In this way, accurate positions and dimensions on the sample can be taken.
- a small angle transmission geometry is used.
- the X-ray source 4 and optics 8 are arranged to supply convergent X-rays, focused on the detector 6 .
- the beam stop 9 is used to stop the direct beam, and the detector position varied on its goniometer to measure X-rays as a function of angle.
- FIG. 6 This represents a Levitra tablet in a blister.
- FIG. 6 shows in particular measurements made at the centre of a thicker tablet (lower curve) and towards the edge (upper curve). It will be seen that the lower curve provides no useful information and is essentially pure noise. This demonstrates the importance of choosing the correct position.
- FIG. 6 a shows the measurement positions, the central position and the edge position for each of three tablets.
- the X-ray signature is an X-ray powder diffraction (XRPD) pattern.
- FIG. 7 illustrates the X-ray powder diffraction pattern for two genuine drug products, including the same drug but formulated in different countries, and one fake drug product of the similar brands.
- the peaks are much larger for the fake drug product than for the genuine product.
- the peaks from the API are indicated with an arrow, showing that the genuine product has amorphous API but the fake product crystalline API.
- the use of XRPD allows the peaks to be seen in both genuine and fake products, and a clear distinction to be made between the genuine and fake products.
- the excipients is highly crystalline in the fake product.
- SAXS small angle X-ray scattering
- FIG. 8 shows two X-ray diffraction patterns measured at very low angles for two batches of API.
- the two batches appear alike except at the very lowest scattering angles, where there is a peak for one batch and not the other. This results from the different technological processes used to manufacture the two batches.
- SAXS allows determination of fakes, even high-end fakes using a very similar amorphous API to the amorphous API in the genuine product.
- FIG. 8 Please note that the measurements of FIG. 8 are by way of illustration since they are not in fact measured with a blister pack present. However, the addition of a blister pack is not expected to change the fundamental situation at low angles. Instead, more peaks at higher angles would be added.
- FIG. 10 illustrates measurement positions for a blister, of Valium (R), that may be used. The dots show the measurement positions.
- An enhancement that may be used is to shake or move the table to adjust the position of the pharmaceutical inside the packaging, and then repeat the measurements. In this way, multiple measurements can be taken. The final results can then be averaged to reduce effects of particular artefacts in one position.
- the convergent line geometry of the X-ray beam with focusing on the sample allows both transmission and reflection measurements to be taken.
- the same apparatus can be used to take reflection measurements simply by moving the detector 6 to be on the same side of the sample as the source 4 or rotating the sample surface 90 degrees.
- the small spot can be used to probe the size of the pharmaceutical by moving the sample in the x-y plane and measuring the absorption.
- the size of the sample can be used as a measured signature and this can be compared with the known size of the pharmaceutical as the reference signature.
- Another signature that may be measured is the absorption of the sample in the direct beam position, where the X-ray beam passes un-diffracted through the sample.
- the first embodiment uses X-ray signatures with direct beam transmission coefficients, small angle X-ray scattering, or both, to obtain measurements of amorphous materials.
- Direct beam transmission measurements are particularly reliable with two X-ray energies, since this allows two measurements to be made and hence the measurements are much more reliable.
- the type(s) of measurement suitable for each pharmaceutical product is stored in library 22 , together with reference X-ray signatures captured in the same way.
- the reference signatures need not be obtained from measurements in packaging. They may be obtained from the dosage form, the dosage form turned to powder, the dosage form core, the coating alone, the packaging alone, the dosage form in the packaging, the API in pure form, a placebo, and a placebo without the API. Indeed, preferably, multiple such reference signatures are used in order to detect fakes more readily.
- the reference signatures may also be obtained after heating which can recrystallise amorphous APIs and hence make peaks more apparent. Further, if the API in the product is in a particular state, this can be obtained before measurements.
- the measured signatures are compared with reference signatures stored in the library 22 (step 40 ).
- a number of different measured signatures are compared with reference signatures.
- the measured signatures may include SAXS measurements, XRPD, geometric dimensions of the pharmaceutical, absorption, as well as measurements of the packaging alone. The use of multiple parameters improves accuracy.
- a output result (step 42 ) that may typically be simply green, to indicate a good match of the measurements with the reference, red, to indicate a fake, and amber, to indicate uncertainty.
- Such simple outputs are convenient in a real world application when the equipment is operated by less-trained personnel.
- two X-ray energies are used, that is hard X-rays and soft X-rays. This allows the use of the system for both thick and thin tablets, and also allows the system to be used with other pharmaceutical products such as products in glass bottles.
- a third embodiment allows more precise alignment of blister packets.
- step 32 for the alignment of the tablet in the blister package to the suitable measurement position, first the positions of the tablet in the blister are determined by x, y scans of the blister pack using the direct vertical beam with both source and detector oriented vertically.
- FIG. 9 shows an example of a blister pack and typical scans recorded in the direct beam.
- the recorded pattern can be used to position a tablet into the direct beam (in the x-y direction).
- the z alignment (step 34 ) is then carried out.
- a plurality of measurements are made at a plurality of further fine positions, in essence repeating steps 36 and 38 .
- the database contains a strategy how to position the tablet to collect the set of representative signatures for evaluation.
- a set of scans collected at different x-y positions or even also different z positions is recorded.
- the set of measured scans is then compared with the stored signatures from the library 22 .
- a more accurate alignment of the tablet using reflections is used after the preliminary alignment set out above.
- reference signature information from the database is used.
- the reference signature information includes information about a characteristic feature in the signature, such as a strong reflection.
- the goniometer is positioned with a source at angle ⁇ and detector at angle 2 ⁇ wherein ⁇ is the angle of the characteristic feature in the signature (e.g. a strong reflection). Then the table 10 is adjusted in the x and y directions to maximise the intensity of this peak.
- Z-positioning is then done afterwards (keeping ⁇ at zero) by comparing a measured 2 ⁇ -z map with information from a previously collected signature in the database.
- a fifth embodiment takes any of the above embodiments and uses a position sensitive detector 6 . This can allow faster measurements or improved measurements.
- a different alignment technique is used for the z direction (step 34 ).
- the x-y alignment is carried out as above. Then, the system is brought into a measurement position and a known peak at a known angle 2 ⁇ is taken from the library 22 .
- the known peak used for alignment is preferably a strong peak.
- the detector 6 is positioned at the correct angle for the known peak and the holder 10 moved in the z direction until the detector 6 picks up the correct maximum value. In this way, the correct vertical orientation is achieved.
- the pharmaceutical packaging is not restricted to blisters, but plastic bags, vials, bottles and jars are also possible.
- the pharmaceuticals may be in powder form inside the packaging.
- the X-rays may be used to identify hidden bar codes, signs, signatures and the like.
- the X-ray optics 8 may use a multi-layered structure, a poly-capillary optic, or a crystal monochromator.
- the dosage form may be a solid, liquid, granules or loose powder.
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